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    truth of abusive relationships Healthy relationships involve a variety of different aspects such as respect, trust, and consideration. Unfortunately, some relationships aren’t meant to be healthy and they often turn to abusive relationships. Abuse can be physical, emotional and or sexual. Physical abuse are seen in various ways such as punching, kicking, choking, and or any other form of physical violence intended to hurt the other person. For a person who has experienced an abusive relationship it may

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    and those that do not won't hold you back.” One primary cause of sexual abuse is the need for control. Partners who are abusive often have a strong need to dominate the relationship. The abuser in a relationship, can be a man or a woman. Abuse does not have a certain gender, although most abusers in relationships are men. It is important to get away from an abusive relationship because it can lead to depression, one being severally hurt, and in some cases, death. Firstly, many domesticate abuse

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    An Analysis on the Role of Abusive Relationships in Death and the Maiden Throughout the play Death and the Maiden, Dorfman uses Paulina and Gerardo’s abusive relationship to display how gender roles affect characters interactions. Dorfman depicts Gerardo as controlling and authoritative in contrast to Paulina. Paulina was presumably subservient and malleable before the introduction of Roberto. After the introduction of Roberto, a shift in Paulina’s character occurs altering Gerardo’s and Paulina’s

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    Abusive relationships happen to nearly 1.5 million high school students worldwide. I was one of those students. I have always been a “hopeless romantic”. I loved watching cute romance movies and imagining my prince coming for me one day. I never expected that when I thought I had found my prince; he would turn out to be a toad. When I was 14 I was just starting freshman year of high school. I had gotten into the choir I wanted, my classes and teachers were great, I had awesome friends, everything

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    An Emotionally Abusive Relationship Disclosure: I am not an expert, a doctor, or professional. What I discuss here are things that I have gone through, personally. I am speaking on my behalf. I’ve been called the mother of the group of my friends on many occasions and I’ve been told it’s because I give great advice. I think that most of what I have been through in my life has played a part in the great advice giver department. For those who have never met me or don’t know me well, at first glance

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    Victimization that occurs within an abusive relationship involves repeated violence that reinforces behaviors, a stimuli if you will, leading to a learned state of helplessness by the victim. “Victimologist defines victimization,” Karmen states, “as an asymmetrical interpersonal relationship that is abusive, painful, destructive, parasitical and unfair.” (Karmen, 2007, p. 2) More specifically, this state of mind is conditioned within the psychology of the victim in direct response to the abuse and

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    on him saying that he took Desdemona and forced her into marriage. All of this unfolds, and the play goes on and everyone starts to not trust anyone, and jealousy start to come out of people. One of the very noticeable comparisons is the abusive relationships that go on throughout the play. This is comparable to the world

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    calls now,” DeMarcus roared on the other end of the phone. “I’m busy, what do you want?” “I want to apologize about the last time we got up. I don’t know what got into me. I just care about you a lot.” “Look, I’ve been in a lot of abusive relationships to recognize the signs…” “I would never hurt you,” he expressed, cutting me off. “Look, I just think it’s best if we just go our separate ways.” Next there was total silence as I heard him breathing through the phone. As I waited for

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    women stay in abusive relationships. Some stay because they may have kids together or simply think that person loves them. Most of the times dating violence and abuse occurs when someone within the relationship is exposed to a submissive nature. When you keep quiet, suffer in silence, and back down from speaking up are when things get worse and doing that will only take their violence tendencies further. To avoid dating violence you must first and foremost utilize a healthy relationship. You should

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    person to leave an abusive relationship. Both emotional and psychological factors keep the victim tied to the abuser. Sometimes situational realities, such as a lack of money, and lack of resources keep the victim from leaving. The reasons for staying in an abusive relationship will vary from one victim to the next, but they usually involve several factors. How does a person know if they are in an abusive relationship? According to the document, “Are you in an Abusive Relationship?”, it is easy to

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